CemeteryofChoice - Tammy Roe

SUMMARY: "Tammy," age 23, died October 13, 1971 after a legal abortion performed in New York.

"Tammy" is one of the women Life Dynamics identifies on their "Blackmun Wall" as having been killed by a safe and legal abortion.

Tammy traveled from Ohio to New York to undergo an abortion under New York's liberal abortion law. Her abortion was performed on September 25, 1971. She was 33 years old.

After the abortion, Tammy developed an infection which finally ended her life on October 13, 1971.

The 1970 liberalization of abortion had made New York an abortion mecca until the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court ruling that abortionists could legally set up shop in any state of the union. In addition to "Tammy," these are the women I know of who had the dubious benefit of dying from the newfangled safe-and-legal kind of abortion in pre-Roe New York:

Pearl Schwier, July, 1970, cardiac arrest during abortion
Carmen Rodriguez, July, 1970, salt solution intended to kill the fetus accidentally injected into her bloodstream
Barbara Riley, July, 1970, sickle-cell crisis triggered by abortion recommended by doctor due to her sickle cell disease
"Amanda" Roe, September, 1970, sent back to her home in Indiana with an untreated hole poked in her uterus
Maria Ortega, October, 1970, fetus shoved through her uterus into her pelvic cavity then left there
"Kimberly" Roe, December, 1970, cardiac arrest during abortion
"Amy" Roe, January, 1971, massive pulmonary embolism
"Andrea" Roe, January, 1971, overwhelming infection
"Sandra" Roe, April, 1971, committed suicide due to post-abortion remorse
"Anita" Roe, May, 1971, bled to death in her home during process of outpatient saline abortion
Margaret Smith, June, 1971, hemorrhage from multiple lacerations during outpatient hysterotomy abortion
"Annie" Roe, June, 1971, cardiac arrest during anesthesia
"Audrey" Roe, July, 1971, cardiac arrest during abortion
"Vicki" Roe, August, 1971, post-abortion infection
"April" Roe, August, 1971, injected with saline for outpatient abortion, went into shock and died
"Barbara" Roe, September, 1971, cardiac arrest after saline injection for abortion
Carole Schaner, October, 1971, hemorrhage from multiple lacerations during outpatient hysterotomy abortion
"Beth" Roe, December, 1971, saline injection meant to kill fetus accidentally injected into her bloodstream
"Roseann" Roe, February, 1971, vomiting with seizures causing pneumonia after saline abortion
"Connie" Roe, March, 1972, cardiac arrest during abortion
"Julie" Roe, April, 1972, holes torn in her uterus and bowel
"Robin" Roe, May, 1972, lingering abortion complications
"Roxanne" Roe, May, 1972, given overdose of abortion sedatives
"Danielle" Roe, May, 1972, air in her bloodstream

LDI Sources: "Maternal Mortality Associated With Legal Abortion in New York State: Jul. 1, 1970 ? Jun. 30, 1972; Berger, Tietze, Pakter, Katz, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 43:3, March 1974, 325

Possible ID: Marilyn J Pringle